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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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Basketball coach Gary Smith leaves University role 20/10/10
Worthing Thunder Basketball Club and the University of Chichester announce that Worthing Thunder Director of Coaching Gary Smith has agreed to return as Head Coach of the club.
Smith, who won two EBL Division 1 titles during his previous spell as coach as well as being a driving force in Thunder’s entry to the BBL in 2008-9, took over ahead of the BBL Championship match away to Guildford on Saturday 16 October.
It was originally anticipated that Gary would combine his role as Director of Coaching with that of Head Coach at the University of Chichester Thunder in EBL Division 4, as the club and University look to forge stronger links along the lines of a number of similar programmes in both the BBL and EBL. However, following the difficulties in appointing a US player-coach during the close-season (a process with which Smith was closely involved), the directors at Worthing Thunder decided to ask Gary if he would be prepared to take over the reins once more, which he agreed to do.
Worthing Thunder Chairman Frank Gainsbury said: “I am very grateful to Gary, and also Sid Fletcher at the University of Chichester, for their assistance in bringing this appointment to a conclusion. Whilst it was always the intention that Gary would play an active part within the BBL programme this year within his Director of Coaching remit, it was also felt beneficial to both parties that he coach the University EBL team.
“As it has transpired, Gary will be back as Head Coach with Worthing Thunder and will continue to be involved with University of Chichester with a view to developing and identifying potential talented players to provide them with the opportunity to play at the highest level in the sport. Gary’s appointment will be for both this season and the next campaign with a view to allowing him to develop and build some stability in the playing squad.”
Sid Fletcher, Sports Development Manager at the University of Chichester Students’ Union, said: “Obviously we are disappointed to lose a coach of Gary’s calibre at this stage of the season, but with Worthing in the situation they found themselves in, we were happy to support his appointment. We look at this as the first ‘promotion’ of many from this partnership as our links increase year on year.”
Chichester academics feature at international conference on migration 20/10/10
Two international students from the University of Chichester have showcased their work on a global scale by appearing at the Metropolis Conference at The Hague.
Carolene Ayaka from Kenya and Amanda Muscat from Malta are both studying for PhDs at the University, and were invited to be part of a conference panel looking at a range of migration issues. The panel was assembled by Professor Chris Gaine, a leading expert in migration and Chair of Social Policy at the University.
The conference was held at The Hague in the Netherlands, next door to the International War Crimes Tribunal, between 3-4 October 2010, and was attended by experts in migration from around the world.
The panel examined the experience of different groups of Africans in Europe: French-speaking people from Cameroon now living in London, educated Kenyan and Nigerian women in Leeds negotiating their identities in relation to their pasts and futures, Zambian and Zimbabwean nurses recruited into the UK’s care homes, and Somalian, Sudanese and Eritrean refugees arriving by boat in Malta.
Prof Gaine said: “The conference insisted that all panels contained researchers, policy analysts, and people from non-government organisations, as well as speakers from more than one country. Because of my networks and work in this field, I was able to get Carolene and Amanda to present at the conference, which was an excellent experience for them both. It was also a useful networking opportunity for them, as the other members of the panel were Sarah Isal, Deputy Director of the Runnymede Trust, Britain’s leading think tank on issues of ethnicity and migration, and Amina Chitembo, who runs the Black and Minority Ethnic Community Services NGO in West Sussex.”
Prof Gaine also contributed to another workshop discussing different work he has been engaged in, looking at the perceptions of young people of migrant backgrounds in Lisbon, Paris and London. The conference attendance for Prof Gaine followed an appearance at the European Education Research Association conference in Helsinki in August, where he was joint convenor of the Social Justice network for his tenth year. As well as chairing several sessions, he gave a special seminar to doctoral students from Iceland who are studying migration. It is likely he will be invited to Reykjavik early next year.
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